The Gospel of John and the trinity
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 9:31 am
John is often turned to to prove that Jesus is God.
The question I have is this, is that the actual intention of the author?
It seems that the author really wants to be clear in his intent on his purpose of the book and the identity of Jesus when he makes it very plain in 20:31
"but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
This is virtually the same as the earliest Christian creed we have, Peter's confession in Matt. 16:16 “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Back to John though, shouldn't our reading of John be framed by the very clear explanation of his intent of his writing?
Thanks
The question I have is this, is that the actual intention of the author?
It seems that the author really wants to be clear in his intent on his purpose of the book and the identity of Jesus when he makes it very plain in 20:31
"but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
This is virtually the same as the earliest Christian creed we have, Peter's confession in Matt. 16:16 “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Back to John though, shouldn't our reading of John be framed by the very clear explanation of his intent of his writing?
Thanks